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Rahim Jaffer charged with impaired driving, cocaine possession7 b' t$ Q3 b1 B% Q1 o$ C
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Posted on September 16, 2009 05:35 PM | Permalink
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9 A# v0 A1 v \- n: x( q( `Rahim Jaffer, the former Edmonton MP and National Caucus Chair for the Conservative Party, faces impaired driving and drug charges after an incident early last Friday.
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/ y! T" c# m: P' HJaffer was elected as a Reform MP in 1997, in the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona. He lost his seat in the last federal election to NDP MP Linda Duncan. Jaffer is married to Helena Guergis, the Minister of State for the Status of Women.
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" a4 X1 l' c' l) _! u* WThe Ontario Provincial Police in Caledon, Ontario confirmed the news today in a release, excerpted below:' e* z% V6 x8 ?5 M: v
1 r+ V6 W1 O- p$ k' VOn Friday September 11, 2009 at 12:45am a Caledon OPP officer on general patrol on Regional Road 50 observed a grey Ford Escape travelling northbound at a high rate of speed through the village of Palgrave. 2 b8 r) C2 w& v1 H* l, ^
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The officer conducted a traffic stop of the vehicle and after detecting the odour of alcohol on the drivers breath an investigation was conducted. / m, _+ V0 _0 M5 m. l4 K/ c: R% T
1 {8 P! p8 |2 ^- y% G {Thirty-seven year old Rahim JAFFER of Angus was charged with Drive Motor Vehicle Over 80 milligrams of alcohol contrary to section 253(1)(b) Criminal Code of Canada and Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) contrary to section 4(1) Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.0 ~8 f$ b" Z$ a. @, [/ h1 C
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JAFFER will be making his first appearance in Orangeville Criminal Court on October 19, 2009. His licence was suspended for a period of 90 days under the Administrative Drivers Licence Suspension (ADLS) program. |
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